PROGRESS OR UNKNOWN.

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 229, 9 August 1848, Page 3

PROGRESS OR UNKNOWN.

March 25. — The excitement created by the recent poHtic.il itrrests u fast spreading through the provinces. The most slavi&h 01 the journals in the service of the O'Connellb aie shaking oil' the yoke of Conciliation Hall, and oiler to " iiateinize" with their quondam antagonists of the physical force piinciplc. Mr. Smith O'Brien's long cherished object is ut length achieved. He is now iv reality the hexo oi Irish imitation, and

with all his follies he will, in all mobability, pmvc a f.ir more formidable annoyance to wliatevcv (iovnaincnt holds the reigns of power than the wily .md insinccic man, who, with all his admitted talents, ncvci wholly succeeded in peisuading his dupes that he was in earnest in whatever coiuse of agitation he set a-goiug for their amusement and his own advantage. The arrest of the confederate loaders caused no slight commotion in Limerick, the rn.ovini.ia! hi\id miailus of the Young Ireland party, and a n'odinj; of the (ield Club, of which Mr. O'lJncrj is pic-sidon!— was convened instanter, for the joint jmipo'c of denouncing tho Saxon Government, and expjcHsjmr ••ynjp.ilhy vviih the " martyrs of British misrule." '!'o do ihe s;k ,ik( is at this meeting nothing but stiict uniico, (hey spoUc out as openly ns Mr. Mitchell lunisHf rould desueOne of the most reprehensible s])pech«'s, 101 which wo cannot find room, was delivered by Mi' K. .1 I'lg" 1 * the son of a no less distinguished pcisona»c lli.ui the Chief Baron of the Court ot Excheimei in lielaud.

Thk Demand for Arms.— A. Urge portion of the working classei in Dublin aru nrming-. Hides, muskets, pikes, and other weapon* have been obtained m considerable quan'ities, in accordance with iho suggestions of the seditious newspapers ' One wholesale dealer in those articles has dcrluircd that he is unabla to iupply further orders ut present. You may sec hutchen/ boys on leaving the mai kets, marching home with rifles on Bhoulder. Such i^ tho anxiety to obtain, arms of any kind, that iti some instances the long blades used by cork-cutters have been converted into a species of bayonet ordu^ci. Regulai meetings of rifle clubs take place, for pructice in firing. Nuniburs of persons cjngregrate occasionally lor dull, in enclosed yards in obscure streets. Meantime, " moral force" is laughed nt uh dchiHion by tin: hourly increasfng disciples of anarchy. All tin i looUs him preparation for insuri cation ; but nevfitheless peisons who are best tjualificd to judge me not in the least apprahensivo ol any seriou« outbreak ; fust, because it would be sheer insanity to uttempt it; .-md next,becausethere is no organized conspiracy amongst t lie disaffected. There is, besides, <i formidable miliUry and police forco always at hand, and tlm bulk of the middle classes are completely on the side of luw and order. — Dublin Paper.